Chicago carries a large and professional temple of the renowned football temple Steve McMichael enters palliative care in the middle of a battle of a year with amyotrophic side sclerosis (SLA), The Chicago Tribune reports.
According to the report, McMichael was placed in the intensive care unit during a recent hospitalization, and measures are taken to transfer it to palliative care.
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McMichael, affectively known as Mongo, is a five-year five-year who played 13 of his 15 NFL seasons for the Bears as a defensive tackle. He was a key member as the first All-Pro team for the famous Bears defense in 1985 which anchored the only franchise race to a Super Bowl championship.
McMichael, 67, was diagnosed with SLA in 2021. Known as Lou Gehrig's disease after New York Yankees were diagnosed with it, ALS is a neurodegenerative disease that attacks nerve cells in the brain and spinal cord.
This causes the loss of muscle control and ends up having an impact on the muscles necessary to move, speak, eat and breathe, by the Mayo clinic. It is a progressive disease without known remedy which is ultimately deadly.
According to the Chicago Tribune, McMichael lost control of his arms and legs at the start of the disease. He has finally lost control of his speech and has been in bed for years.
Emotional induction of the McMichael renowned temple
McMichael was elected to the temple of renown of professional football and Controlled at a distance during the 2024 ceremony in Canton, Ohio. The family of McMichael and the members of the 1985 Bears, including Mike Singletary and Richard Dent, surrounded him in his suburban house in Chicago while his bust of the renowned bronze temple features its flowing locks that have been revealed.
McMichael's impact on Chicago
McMichael is a beloved figure in Chicago whose external personality stood out from a list of 1985 Bears filled with giant personalities.
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McMichael played for the Bears from 1980 to 1993 and was appointed All-Pro after each season from 1984 to 1988 and again in 1991. It was an anchor for a team of the Bears which won six NFC central titles in seven seasons from 1984 to 1990. He ended his career in the NFL with 95 bags, 847 plated and 13 escaped in 213 games.
McMichael remained an active member of the Chicago community after his retirement from football in 1994. He owned a restaurant called Mongo McMichaels in the suburbs of Chicago in Romeoville.
He was used to fundraising and events in Chicago and A frequent collaborator with the Cornemuse group of the Chicago Police Department, The Emerald Society. According to Le Tribune, these collaborations involved McMichael putting kilts for charitable advertising crawls across the city to help collect funds for the first stakeholders.
